House Foreign Affairs Committee thread: How the Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge started

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“How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge” via @BrandyZadrozny / @oneunderscore__ / @NBCNews

We’re not surprised.

Read this thread to find out why… 1/

How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge
A 64-page document that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm."
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6:36 PM · Oct 29, 2020

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1321989408527208448.html

“How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge” via @BrandyZadrozny / @oneunderscore__ / @NBCNews

We’re not surprised.

Read this thread to find out why… 1/

How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge

A 64-page document that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1245387?__twitter_impression=true
When the Committee received the @StateDept records that were meant to smear the Bidens, we discovered, of course, they were a nothingburger, but we did find something interesting. 2/

Engel Releases Summary of State Department Records Undercutting Senate Republican Smear
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases?ID=2ABE6FC6-C895-4314-9C36-16317430F7BA

We were able to pinpoint where and when the Hunter Biden-Burisma conspiracy theory started. It was in December 2015 in a Russia-controlled Crimean city (it’s on page 3). 3/ foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/9…
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Everything since then—Trump’s shakedown of Ukraine that led to impeachment, the sham Senate investigation, the laptop, this fake dossier—all had its origins nearly five years ago at the hands of Russian trolls aiming to smear the former Vice President. 4/

So whoever is pushing this nonsense in the remaining days before the election, just remember: it’s Russian propaganda, and anyone who repeats it is helping Putin undermine American democracy. 5/5
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